The Herald Republican – November 4, 2013

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NASCAR Jimmie Johnson claims win in Texas 500-mile race

Weather Mostly sunny skies with a high of 53 and an overnight low of 42. Page A6

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Seniors: Don’t mess with Social Security

Trine State Rec Area Opens To Public

GOOD MORNING Red Cross plans local blood drives The American Red Cross will conduct three blood drives this week in northeast Indiana: • Today from 2-7 p.m. at Grace Christian Church, 126 E. Mitchell St., Kendallville; • Tuesday from noon to 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1203 E. Seventh St., Auburn; and • Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. at Helmer United Methodist Church, 7530 S. S.R. 327, Helmer. People who are at least 17 years old (16 with parental permission), meet height and weight requirements (110 pounds or more, depending on height) and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. Donors should bring a Red Cross blood donor card or another form of positive identification. To schedule an appointment, call 800-RED-CROSS. For more information, visit redcrossblood.org or facebook.com/redcrossblood.

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A new beginning for a Steuben place of beauty

Teen captures world checkers championship NEW ALBANY (AP) — Some may say checkers is child’s play, but few in the world have mastered the game the way 14-year-old Alex Holmes has. The Sellersburg resident and Silver Creek High School freshman captured the 2013 World Checker Draughts Federation youth world qualifier championship in October in Barbados. He’s ranked 37th in the world, and for an extra challenge Holmes even plays blindfolded from time to time. Holmes, as is the case with the game’s best players, knows the checker board by numbers, and likes to set traps for his opponents.

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Pokagon State Park officials did not know quite what to expect when employees Ted Bohman, Lisa Johnloz, Tammy Sawvel and Fred Wooley opened the gate to the public at the Pokagon State Park Trine State Recreation Area for the first time at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Nor did the nearly 75 people who arrived to check out the 200-acre property, which is just east of Pokagon, across Interstate 69.

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“No one was disappointed,” said Wooley. It was a day of firsts at the property, which is graced with beautiful fall scenes, like fen tamaracks in the top photo. Above left, Deb and Dan Pulver, Fremont, were the first to register and fish at the fishing dock and nearly caught their limit. At right, Brad Stevens, Hamilton, was the first to run on the Rolling Oaks Trail. For more photos, see kpcnews.com.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Raise the age at which you can begin collecting full Social Security benefits? Older Americans say no. They also veto reductions in the cost-of-living increase. But a poll finds support among those 50 and older for raising the cap on earnings that are taxed to fund the Social Security program so higher-income workers pay more. The survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds passionate opposition to any change in the way Social Security benefits are calculated that could result in smaller annual raises. Some 62 percent of respondents expressed opposition to such a proposal, compared with 21 percent who supported it. The chained CPI, or consumer price index, has been proposed as a new way of calculating the cost-ofliving adjustment, but it would reduce raises. “I really think it’s a sacred cow,” said Margie Nugent, a 55-year-old farmer from North Umberland, Pa. “They shouldn’t touch it.” Some 58 percent oppose gradually raising the age when retirees qualify for full benefits, while 29 percent support it. About one-third believe people should be eligible for full benefits before 65. Only 10 percent say full eligibility should come after 67, the top eligibility age under current law. “I contributed to it. It’s my money,” said Joan McDonald, 65, of Annapolis, Md., who retired as an accountant this year and began collecting Social Security. “The plan was, ‘Contribute this and you get this.’ You can’t change the rules.” Survey respondents showed more willingness to support Social Security proposals that would mostly impact those with higher incomes. Forty-one percent expressed support for reducing benefits for seniors with higher incomes, compared with 44 percent who opposed the proposal. Whites were much more supportive of reducing SEE SOCIAL SECURITY, PAGE A6

Obama tears into Workhorse for the community tea party

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DeKalb County horseman Bill Knott drives a carriage with Kallie Knott, his granddaughter, as

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part of the 2012 Heritage Days parade in Garrett.

Like his Percherons, LaOtto’s Bill Knott stays busy BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com

LAOTTO — For a man who hasn’t strayed far from his roots, Bill Knott sure seems to get around. There’s Knott, 71, of rural DeKalb County, in a parade. There he is at the Apple Festival of Kendallville. There he is at an assisted care facility. What those events have in common are draft horses, large Percherons that cause people to

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stop and stare. “It’s my brother Jim’s fault,” Knott said. “He got me all stirred up in the horse business.” That was in 1983. He’s been hitched up to draft horses, PercheSEE HORSES, PAGE A6

Video: Horse sense Bill Knott and Neil Sutton of the DeKalb County Horsemen’s Association talk more caring for draft horses in video at kpcnews.com. Scan the QR code with your tablet or smartphone to see the interview and the horses in action.

Celebrating National Home Health Care & Hospice Month Call the Cameron Home Health Care & Hospice team today to learn how we can help with quality home based care.

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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama cast Republican Ken Cuccinelli on Sunday as part of an extreme tea party faction that shut down the government, throwing the political weight of the White House behind Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the final days of a bitter race for governor. Seeking an upset, Cuccinelli cast this week’s Virginia gubernatorial election as a referendum on Obama’s troubled national health care law. National issues that have divided Democrats and RepubliSEE TEA PARTY, PAGE A6


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